Michael Goldenberg (born January 18, 1965) is an American playwright, screenwriter and film director. He graduated from the Carnegie Mellon College of Drama in 1986 with a B.F.A. Goldenberg is best known for writing the screenplay for the film ''

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'', which was the only time a ''Harry Potter'' film did not have its screenplay written by

Steve Kloves Stephen Keith Kloves (born March 18, 1960) is an American filmmaker. He wrote and directed the 1989 film ''The Fabulous Baker Boys'' and is mainly known for his adaptations of novels, especially for all but one of the ''Harry Potter'' films (the ...

Career

Goldenberg was the screenwriter and director of ''

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'' (1996). He was the co-screenwriter for the film adaptation of '' Contact'' (1997) and co-adapted the live-action version of '' Peter Pan'' (2003) with director

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. He is also the screenwriter for the fifth ''

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'' film ''

'' (2007). Goldenberg was selected to write the screenplay for ''

'' in November 2004 when

, who had adapted the previous four

books, turned down the opportunity to do the fifth film due to exhaustion and an interest in pursuing other projects. The BBC reported Goldenberg was to write and direct a futuristic drama for Warner Bros. afterward. He was also one of the screenwriters for the superhero movie '' Green Lantern'', having rewritten the script for director Martin Campbell. He also co-wrote (with Geoff Johns) the Green Lantern Prequel Special: SINESTRO #1 for DC Comics (featuring

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from the Green Lantern film). It had a 'Movie Art' cover (using a still from the film) and internal art by Fernando Dagnino Guerra. The comic was one of 5 different comic Prequel Specials. He also wrote a screenplay for a '' Wonder Woman'' film, that was not used. He wrote a draft of the screenplay for the 2020 '' Artemis Fowl'' film, although was not ultimately credited.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goldenberg, Michael 1965 births Living people American film directors American male screenwriters American male dramatists and playwrights American dramatists and playwrights 21st-century American writers Hugo Award-winning writers Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts alumni